Content
- daily care
- Material for brushing the Persian cat
- The ideal brushes
- coarse brush
- The Metal Scraper
- Special Time and Tools
- Foods that improve hair
O Persian cat It is characterized by its long and dense fur, in addition to its face with features so characteristic of this luxury feline breed. But this type of fur needs specific care that other cat breeds don't.
At PeritoAnimal we'll give you some tips so that your cat always looks well taken care of and beautiful in this article about the persian cat fur care.
daily care
All Persian cats need daily care from us. It is our obligation to provide them with food and water every day, and to keep their sand clean. Although I don't believe it, a healthy and quality diet will have a direct impact on the animal's fur.
In the case of the Persian cat there is an added daily obligation: brush it.
Naturally, we must do it with care and with the ideal material for this, so keep reading to discover the indications we recommend in PeritoAnimal.
Material for brushing the Persian cat
To properly brush our Persian cat, we must use combs, brushes and slickers.
First, we must use a comb, preferably made of plastic, with the ends separated and rounded. This tool will allow us to guide the direction of the fur and detect any knots in the fur of our Persian cat.
Remember that whenever you groom your cat, it is recommended to do it on a towel, to avoid soiling the ground with dead hair.
The ideal brushes
Once you have lightly brushed the comb and eliminated any knots that you detected on the first pass with the round-tip comb, you should start brushing your Persian cat's fur with a flat brush with separate bristles, long, rigid and with the ends protected with balls.
This way, we won't cause wounds on our feline's skin, this passage with this brush should be more meticulous than the first pass with the comb.
coarse brush
You should alternate brushing with the first brush, with a few passes with another type of brush: a long, thick and soft bristle brush. This is the ideal tool to eliminate dust and the remains of food stuck, for example in our gluttonous cat's jowls.
Combining the action of both brushes will get the cat to be satisfied and purr everywhere you brush your fur.
The Metal Scraper
THE metal scraper it is a somewhat dangerous tool for our pet if we don't use it correctly. But if you use it carefully you can get your Persian cat's fur to a great finish.
There are two factors to take into account when using this tool, first it is important that you do not pass the metal tips of the clipper on the cat's skin, but you should get as close as possible to it to air and leave more spongy our feline's fur.
The other factor to take into account is that you should combine long passages with short passages, in the direction of hair growth and against it. This way, each hair will separate and will be filled with static current, which greatly bothers the mites and causes them to flee from your cat's fur.
Special Time and Tools
As we assume that you brush your Persian cat daily, the time spent on this task should not exceed 10 minutes. This is enough time to convert your kitten into a Hollywood actor or actress.
- During spring and summer, you should control your cat so as not to catch fleas or other parasites. For this, there are very thick brushes on sale in pet stores that should only be used for deworming.
- If your cat gets too dirty you can use a dry shampoo to clean it regularly, this way it won't bother the animal so much. Also, you can use baby wipes for lighter stains.
- In addition, and especially for those cats with soft fur, you should also know a very useful product to eliminate the brown tear stains that sometimes mark their skin. Basically it's an antioxidant that little by little eliminates their trail.
Foods that improve hair
Of course, the care of the Persian cat is not limited to brushing and feline aesthetic products, some foods too improve the quality of the fur of the Persian cat.
- Especially omega 3 and omega 6 fatty oils, as they are very beneficial for the cat's body and also for its fur. Look for wet canned food and rations that contain these two oils.
- Offering salmon and tuna once a week will also reflect in a shiny, healthy coat, and the fish has a high protein content. For this, we must clean it properly without pimples or viscera, it will be preferable to offer it raw.
- Other options can be sardine oil or egg.
